The Beer List

The festival programme which you will receive when you arrive at the festival will contain a list of all the beers.


Beer Brewery ABV Tasting notes
Otter Bitter The Otter Brewery, Luppit, Devon 3.6 Well balanced, amber session bitter, with a fruity nose & bitter taste & after taste.
Firefly O'Halons Brewing Co. Ltd, Whimple, Devon 3.7 Malty & fruity light bitter with hints of orange in the taste.
Mad Dog Ale / Cwrw Madog Purple Moose Brewery, Madoc Streer, Porthmadog 3.7 Full bodied session bitter. Malty nosed and an initial nutty flavour but bitterness dominates. Well balanced and refreshing with a dry roastiness on the taste and a good dry finish.
Mystery Tor Glastonbury Ales, Somerton,Somerset 3.8 A golden bitter with plenty of floral hop & fruit in the nose & the palate. The sweetness giving way to a bitter hop finish. Full bodied for a session bitter.
Devon Pride Blackdown Brewery, Unit c6, Dunkeswell Business Park, Honiton ,Devon 3.8 Devon’s Pride is an excellent rich bronze traditional real ale produced in the Blackdown Hills. Light and distinctly drinkable, subtly hopped with a well balanced bitter, sweet flavour, brewed to satisfy the most discerning pallet.
Exmoor Ale Exmoor Ales Ltd., Wiveliscombe, Somerset 3.7 A pale to mid-brown, medium bodied session bitter. A mixture of malt & hops in the aroma and taste lead to a hoppy, bitter aftertaste.
Quantock Ale Quantock Brewery, Unit E Monument View, Summerfield Avenue, Chelston Business Park Wellington 3.8 A traditional amber coloured beer packed with flavour from the blend of three malts used and a well rounded hoppiness from the Challenger and Goldings hops.
Devon Summer Exe Valley Brewery, Exeter, Devon 3.9 A refreshing, golden bitter brewed with Devon & English hops, very quaffable.
Taunton Ale Taunton Vale Brewing Co., Halse, Somerset 3.9 Copper coloured session beer, with a hoppy aroma & a bittersweet aftertaste.
Yellowhammer O'Halons Brewing Co. Ltd., Whimple, Devon 4.0 A well balanced, smooth pale yellow beer with a predominant hop & fruit nose & taste, leading to a dry, bitter finish.
Goldblade O'Halons Brewing Co. Ltd., Whimple, Devon 4.0 This crisp fresh tasting beer is a true champion. Simply delicious.
Butcombe Bitter Butcombe Brewery, Bristol , North Somerset 4.0 A notable bitter beer, amber in colour, clean tasting, refreshingly dry & distinctive. Made with 100% English malts together with a blend of traditional English hop varieties.
Summerset Yeovil Ales, Yeovil, Somerset 4.1 A copper blonde ale with light rounded mouth feel & an unusual pleasant tangerine floral hop finish.
Devils Water Hexhamshire Brewey, Hexham, Northumberland 4.1 Copper coloured best bitter, well balanced with a slightly fruity, hoppy finish.
Village Idiot White Horse Brewery Co ltd, Stanford in the vale, Oxfordshire 4.1 The hops are well balanced by the finest Yorkshire malt and a little wheat malt which smooths the path to real Village Idiot serenity. Only one word of warning. If you try too many the pump clip acquires a somewhat mirrored finish!
Tribute St Austell Brewey, St Austell, Cornwall 4.2 Tribute is a magnificent example of a bronze coloured English bitter, with a rich aroma of biscuity malt and tart citrus fruit. Juicy malt, hop resins and tangy fruit coat the tongue.
Drayman’s Best Bitter Branscombe Vale Brewery Ltd, Branscombe, Devon 4.2 A good-style bitter with a very pure taste, attributable to the use of Branscombe's own spring water. Easy drinking ale with a nutty hop character.
Golden Sea Hawk Cotleigh Brewery Ltd., Wiveliscombe, Somerset 4.2 A bright golden coloured best bitter. Smooth & malty with a background of honey flavour offering refreshing & citrus smooth finish.
Blue Jay Cotleigh Brewery Ltd., Wiveliscombe, Somerset 4.2 U.S.A. grown Ahtanum hops give this beer its unique character. It is an easy drinking beer with delicious fragrant aromas & a spicy finish.
Lady of the Lake Glastonbury Ales, Somerton, Somerset 4.2 A full-bodied amber best bitter with plenty of hops to the forefront balanced by a fruity malt flavour. A subtle hint of vanilla, leading to a clean, bitter hop aftertaste.
Love Monkey Glastonbury Ales, Somerton, Somerset 4.2 Subtle malty caramel flavours with hints of aromatic vanilla and delicious fruits finally succumb to a robust full on body.
Sunraker Quantock Brewery, Chelston Business Park, Wellington 4.2 A pale straw coloured 'summer' ale with a unique refreshing flavour, delicately hopped with continental Perle hops. An ideal drink for a warm sunny day.
Wessex Gold Cottage Brewing Company, Lovington, Castle Cary , Somerset 4.3 A classic summer ale, gold in colour, Wessex Gold is crisp & refreshing with a hoppy aroma.
Village Bike Potton Brewery Co Ltd. Potton, Bedfordshire 4.3 Classic English premier bitter, amber in colour, heavily late hopped.
Otter Bright The Otter Brewery, Luppit, Devon 4.3 Well balanced amber session bitter, with a fruity nose & bitter aftertaste.
Gutzache Exe Valley Brewery, Exeter, Devon 4.3 A special brew to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Tiverton Gazette - a traditional best s based on the beers brewed by Starkey, Knight & Forde in Tiverton until it was closed by Whitbread in 1984.
Butcombe Blonde Butcombe Brewery, Bristol , North Somerset 4.3 A clean tasting easy to drink premium beer. It's light & fruity with a medium bitter finish.
Red Heron North Curry Brewery co, the old Coach house, Northcurry, Taunton 4.3 Made from the finest English pale and crystal malt which produces a full bodied, malty flavored ale, balanced by the bitterness of Golding hops.
Taunton Castle The New Inn, Halse, Taunton, Somerset 4.3 A darker beer with a rich mixture of 3 different barleys and 4 different hops, delivering a very fine moreish taste.
Driftwood Red Rock Brewery Higher Humber Farm, Bishopsteignton, Devon 4.3 A light coloured bitter with a distinctive flavour and hoppy nose.
Pitchfork RCH Brewery, West Hewish, Weston-super-mare, Somerset 4.3 Yellow, grapefruit-flavoured bitter bursting with citrus with underlying sweetness.
Butcombe Gold Butcombe brewery, Bristol , North Somerset 4.4 Yellow gold in colour, rounded malt in mouth, with a fresh vitality balanced by the fruit.
Honey Beer Blackdown Brewery, Honiton, Devon 4.4 A new beer last year, flavoured with real honey and Palm Ale which contains real dates!
Exmoor Gold Exmoor Ales Ltd., Wiveliscombe, Somerset 4.5 This is a fantastic example of a premium golden Ale. Not too bitter or hoppy, with a smooth clear taste, it makes a great summer drink!
Beachcomber Teignworthy Brewery Ltd., Newton Abbot, Devon 4.5 Using lager style malts with top fermented yeast gives this ale a fullish flavour.
White Hind Quantock Brewery, Chelston Business Park, Wellington 4.5 Fuller bodied amber coloured ale packed with malty flavour and balanced with a well rounded hoppiness from the Target hops with Goldings providing a delicate, slightly spicy aroma.
Dark Ness Red Rock Brewery Higher Humber Farm, Bishopsteignton, Devon 4.5 Voted best dark beer at the South Devon CAMRA festival 2007, Malt and barley combine with a blend of hops to produce a mouth filling smooth beer.
Barnstormer Bath Ales ltd, Warmley, Bristol 4.5 Malt, hops and fruit aroma with a faint hint of roast, with toffee sweetness. Dark Brown, well balanced and smooth with a malty, bitter, dry finish
Butty Bach Wyevalley Brewery, Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire 4.5 A burnished gold premium ale. Full Bodied, smooth and satisfying . Ingredients: Pale and crystal malts. Fuggles and English Goldongs hops.
Old Slug Porter RCH Brewery, Weston Super Mare, Somerset 4.5 Chocolate, coffee, roast malts with lots of body and dark fruits. A complex, rich beer. Dark brown in colour
Taunton Gold The New Inn, Halse, Taunton, Somerset ? ?
Breast Bitter Cottage Brewing Company, Lovington, Castle Cary 4.6 Golden brown in colour, Breast bitter is a balanced premium ale, easy on the palate a great thirstquencher.
Hedgemonkey Glastonbury Ales, Somerton, Somerset 4.6 A ruby bitter with toffee/coffee undertones that give way to a medium hopped, spicy aftertaste supplied by Goldings hops.
Withymen North Curry Brewery co, the old Coach house, Northcurry, Taunton 4.6 A seasonal beer made from English pale and amber malt. The malty flavour has a bitterness and punch from the fruity Pacific Gem hops.
Golden Pig Country Life Brewery, Bideford, Devon 4.7 A full-bodied, smooth tasting ale brewed in Devon.
Dark Side Blackdown Brewery, Unit c6, Dunkeswell Business Park, Honiton, Devon 4.7 A late hopped, beer which provides a rich, aromatic, full flavoured taste
Norman Conquest Cottage Brewing Company, Lovington, Castle Cary, Somerset 5.0 A dark strong ale with plenty of fruit in the aroma & taste & a rounded unious hoppy finish.
Summer Lightning Hopback Brewery plc, Salisbury , Wiltshire 5.0 A pleasurable pale bitter with a good, fresh hoppy aroma with a malty hoppy flavour. Finely balanced, it has an intense bitterness leading to a long, dry finish.
Cherry Bomb Hanby Ales Ltd, Wem, Shropshire 6.0 A splendid rich and fruity beer with maraschino.

The Ciders


Cider Brewery ABV Tasting notes
Tricky Cider The Tricky Cider Co. Ltd, Churchstanton, Somerset 6.4 Made from a selected blend of local apples to produce a clear golden cider with a crisp subtle flavour. No other cider in the world contains more pure English apple juice than Tricky cider.
Bollhayes Cider Vigo Ltd., Dunkeswell, Devon 7.0 Award winning, traditional dry cider, made with 100% juice from apples grown in & around the Blackdown Hills. Dry & full flavoured.